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that has prompted the faa to cut 47,000 jobs and 13,000 of those are air travel controllers. that is in an effort to trim $200 million from the budget. the question, of course, is at what cost is that savings really coming? the concern is that there will be a domino effect here, that delays like this will cause people, especially business men and women to stop traveling, travel less because of the inconvenience. not only having the bottom line of the airlines, but the greater economy. for example, american airlines say it could see a hit of $1.7 million a day as a result of this. now, some suggesting that people may be too quick to point the finger at washington. the faa saying in a statement that 1200 delays yesterday occurred because of the furloughs, but that 1400 more occurred because of bad weather and other factors. so a couple things to consider, but for now i want to send it over to phil lebeau, a top member of the air travel controllers union. >> imto bring in dean yakapelli, in charge of the association, the new york office. dean, your people are the ones who staff
that has prompted the faa to cut 47,000 jobs and 13,000 of those are air travel controllers. that is in an effort to trim $200 million from the budget. the question, of course, is at what cost is that savings really coming? the concern is that there will be a domino effect here, that delays like this will cause people, especially business men and women to stop traveling, travel less because of the inconvenience. not only having the bottom line of the airlines, but the greater economy. for...
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nineteen certification tests were done, and that was enough to convince the faa the public will be safe. boeing is in the process of retrofitting the 50 dreamliners, and we expect to have the first airline back up in the air are the retro-- airline retrofitted by the end of next week. jon: let's hope that's the end of the problem. dan springer, thank you. and we'll be right back. ... ... [ male announcer ] this is george. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain... and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪ just seem to fade away...? now start vibrant, stay vibrant! new vidal sassoon pro series has an exclusive hydrablock system that helps fight fade out -- for up to 8 weeks. vidal sassoon pro series. salon genius. affordable for all.
nineteen certification tests were done, and that was enough to convince the faa the public will be safe. boeing is in the process of retrofitting the 50 dreamliners, and we expect to have the first airline back up in the air are the retro-- airline retrofitted by the end of next week. jon: let's hope that's the end of the problem. dan springer, thank you. and we'll be right back. ... ... [ male announcer ] this is george. the day building a play set begins with a surprise twinge of back pain......
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the airline industry says the faa's plan maximizes flight delays. >> we believe that the faa has the discretion not to furlough the air traffic controllers. they keep the planes in the air, get them to the ground and keep travelers moving, keep shipping moving and that's critical to our economy. >> congressional republicans charge the administration is structuring these cuts to worsen their impact. in a statement, congressman bill shuster the chairman of the house committee on transportation and freezing rain structure says quote the administration views the sequester as an attempt to score political points rather than address real issues and find real savings in a bloated federal bureaucracy. he points to sizeable increases in the faa's budget and continued spending on consultants and travel. the administration says the law requiring these cuts gives officials few options. >> furloughs cannot be avoided. 70% of the faa's operation's budget is personnel. the faa must furlough 47,000 employees up to 11 days between now and the end of the fiscal year. >> the replace cuts with other cut
the airline industry says the faa's plan maximizes flight delays. >> we believe that the faa has the discretion not to furlough the air traffic controllers. they keep the planes in the air, get them to the ground and keep travelers moving, keep shipping moving and that's critical to our economy. >> congressional republicans charge the administration is structuring these cuts to worsen their impact. in a statement, congressman bill shuster the chairman of the house committee on...
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. >>> also tonight, the faa says the sequester is starting it to start furloughs. that means major delays at airports. this is all politics. we'll talk to one airline pilot who says the faa action is bologna. >>> and the senate is beginning to vote to improve an -- approve an internet sales tax that will wreck small business, dan consumers and amount to a huge tax grab for state governments across the country. a terrible idea. ""the kudlow report"" begins right now. ♪ all right. charges were filed against terror suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev. nbc news' pete williams joins us with all the details. good evening, pete. >> well, the combination of evidence here the government says they have, larry, the main thing here is from a surveillance video from the scene of a second bombing, they say they can see dzhokhar tsarnaev come into view. they see him work his way into the crowd, take his backpack off, lower it to the ground. they say still photographs show it down on the ground at his feet and they say one of the most telling moments is when the bomb at the first site goe
. >>> also tonight, the faa says the sequester is starting it to start furloughs. that means major delays at airports. this is all politics. we'll talk to one airline pilot who says the faa action is bologna. >>> and the senate is beginning to vote to improve an -- approve an internet sales tax that will wreck small business, dan consumers and amount to a huge tax grab for state governments across the country. a terrible idea. ""the kudlow report"" begins...
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the faa tells fox business that the traffic isn't necessarily because of these automatic budget cuts that are laying off a number of employees. they are supposed to layoff -- furlough, excuse me not layoff, furlough anywhere between 15,000 air traffic controllers, they have to take a day off every couple of weeks. and the faa is actually being sued by the airline industry because they say it's a maxim packet the way that they have designed these particular cuts. the airlines say the way they are designed will cost them money. >> people make their plans long in advance, some people have vacation plans, if this starts to rollout the way the faa has said that it will, people are going to not be able to rebook in all cases. their summer vacation plans will be blown and that is a horrible position to put the traveling bub in. >> reporter: so here are the numbers. the budget of the faa every year $16 billion, cuts of $637 million to comply when what is known as the sequester the automatic budget cuts. air traffic controller furloughs should save them $200 million they say. the total number
the faa tells fox business that the traffic isn't necessarily because of these automatic budget cuts that are laying off a number of employees. they are supposed to layoff -- furlough, excuse me not layoff, furlough anywhere between 15,000 air traffic controllers, they have to take a day off every couple of weeks. and the faa is actually being sued by the airline industry because they say it's a maxim packet the way that they have designed these particular cuts. the airlines say the way they...
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what the head of the faa is telling lawmakers next. -frplts we are here in the control room. a brand-new hour coming your way right now including the very latest on the boston terror massacre. a live report straight ahead. packers take over the -- hacker take over the twitter tpoerbgt the "associated press." reports that the white house have been attacked leaving the stock market to temporarily plunge, is this a preview of cyber terrorism? experts weigh in. one day before the dedication of the president bush library we'll talk to the man who whraus the 43rd president's official white house photographer as ph and breaking news happens right now. jenna: well tomorrow to a new hour of "happening now," everyone. i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. a team of u.s. investigators is in president province of dagestan located in a region known for islamic fanaticism where they are interviewing the parents of of the boston bombing suspects. this is developing as we gerting a better per of the brother believed to be the mastermind behind the terror attack. we have live team fox coverage f
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the faa typically does not wait until the ntsb has finished its investigation. the ntsb p takes a long type. the normal investigation lasts well over a year and there are two months into the battery fire probe and there's been no determination of a cause. they do know the li lithium ion battery overheated and that led to overheating and a fire. they are including a redesigned battery with better insulation between the cells and a better steel containment box that engineers say won't allow for any air to fuel a fire. they've redesigned the charge erp sore the battery doesn't have to work as hard. the faa has given approval to that fix and boeing says it could have its planes back in the air with the airlines flying customers again by the end of next week. back to you, martha. martha: that's been quite a story. dan, thank you. bill: from capitol hill the tempers are flaring today. have a look at this right here. >> i say that particularly those who are pointing to what happened the terrible tragedy in boston as i would say an excuse for not doing a bill, or delayi
the faa typically does not wait until the ntsb has finished its investigation. the ntsb p takes a long type. the normal investigation lasts well over a year and there are two months into the battery fire probe and there's been no determination of a cause. they do know the li lithium ion battery overheated and that led to overheating and a fire. they are including a redesigned battery with better insulation between the cells and a better steel containment box that engineers say won't allow for...
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but in all, 50,000 faa workers are being forced to take unpaid time off to save money. the obama administration said today it would be open to legislation that would give the faa flexibility with its budget. but called that a band-aid approach. a spokeswoman for the airline says the lobbying group is trying to halt the furloughs and calls them irresponsible and unnecessary. and many are arguing that these are not required by the sequester. well, we have an "outfront" investigation on whether that adds up tomorrow night. >>> and finally, an update on the ricin investigation. fbi agents today searched the former martial arts studio of james everett duskey in connection with the ricin tainted letters sent to president obama and others on capitol hill. authorities are not calling him a suspect but he is connected to paul kevin curtis, the elvis impersonator charged but then cleared of sending the letters. former fbi director tells "outfront" the fbi was erring on the side of caution by arresting curtis because ricin is so lethal and this is amid the boston bombings. it is f
but in all, 50,000 faa workers are being forced to take unpaid time off to save money. the obama administration said today it would be open to legislation that would give the faa flexibility with its budget. but called that a band-aid approach. a spokeswoman for the airline says the lobbying group is trying to halt the furloughs and calls them irresponsible and unnecessary. and many are arguing that these are not required by the sequester. well, we have an "outfront" investigation on...
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>> the faa's budget is immense. it's contractors, consultants, it's matter of sitting down and prioritizing and saying what do we need now? what can we put off until later? i mean their budget is huge and to do this on the backs of the controllers on the front line is so incredibly wrong, it feels like you are a character in a remake of "one flew over the cuckoo's nest" sometimes. >> bill: interesting. i'm thinking back to ronald reagan, and here again the air traffic controllers are being beat up in this. >> yeah we're more profile when you see things like that. and it will make the biggest impact. sequestration was supposed to be so bad that there's no way we will go down that road. well, we're here. so let's stop playing political games with the national air space system. >> bill: is there a safety issue, jim? >> i would say that as this goes on, there are absolutely safety concerns in place. we are, again, looking at the closures of those 149 towers come june that will add to the work load of an already stressed
>> the faa's budget is immense. it's contractors, consultants, it's matter of sitting down and prioritizing and saying what do we need now? what can we put off until later? i mean their budget is huge and to do this on the backs of the controllers on the front line is so incredibly wrong, it feels like you are a character in a remake of "one flew over the cuckoo's nest" sometimes. >> bill: interesting. i'm thinking back to ronald reagan, and here again the air traffic...
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ashley: outrage over faa furloughs and flight deys. lawmakers demanding answers from the white house. but those delays not stopping airline stocks from soaring. they're in the green today. we'll have all of that straight ahead. tracy: everyone is talking apple expected to report its first quarterly profit drop in 10 years. can apple do anything to stop the slide? we'll have a preview coming up. ashley: first at to the top of the hour, stocks back on track after a steep drop last hour. nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. sandra smith is in the pits of the consider me. let's begin with nicole. i guess it as hacker flash crash of sorts, nicole. >> that is good way to call it. this is moment, whew, its all done. we made it through. look where market averages are. they are virtually where they were moments before we saw the market move into negative territory. the dow industrials up 130 points, a gain of 1%. like s&p 500, tech-heavy nasdaq best of the bunch. continuing trend we've seen three days in a row with up
ashley: outrage over faa furloughs and flight deys. lawmakers demanding answers from the white house. but those delays not stopping airline stocks from soaring. they're in the green today. we'll have all of that straight ahead. tracy: everyone is talking apple expected to report its first quarterly profit drop in 10 years. can apple do anything to stop the slide? we'll have a preview coming up. ashley: first at to the top of the hour, stocks back on track after a steep drop last hour. nicole...
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faa's operations budget is personnel. the faa must furlough 47,000 employees for up to 11 days between now and the end of the fiscal year. >> bill: the bottom line is you can't have it both ways. you cannot say we want the sequester. we're going to let the sequester happen. and then bitch and moan every time the sequester has a real impact in the real world. which it is happening. before this, maybe it was just in areas where most people who are -- upper middle class or wealthy, didn't feel any pain. programs like head start or food stamps or meals on wheels, right. didn't affect me. because i got a good life. well now you know, you're getting on a plane to go somewhere and you have a two-hour delay serves you right. only one way to get rid of this which is get rid of the sequester and have some sensible cuts not just these mad across-the-board cuts and if republicans really don't like what's happening, get rid of the sequester. one other issue immigration. immigration reform has a head of steam because there are -- this
faa's operations budget is personnel. the faa must furlough 47,000 employees for up to 11 days between now and the end of the fiscal year. >> bill: the bottom line is you can't have it both ways. you cannot say we want the sequester. we're going to let the sequester happen. and then bitch and moan every time the sequester has a real impact in the real world. which it is happening. before this, maybe it was just in areas where most people who are -- upper middle class or wealthy, didn't...
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that's 637 million from the faa. the faa initiated a series of cost saving measures, both personnel and non-personnel relates including hiring freeze, restrictions on travel, limitation of certain temporary employees, and reductions in contracts among other savings, but the fact is 70% of the faa's operation budget is personnel. there's no way to avoid furloughs. remember, secretary lahood came to the briefing room and laid this out as what would be inevitable consequence if sequester were to be law, i implemented, and ore -- over time, it was implemented and final action furloughed. that's a fact. now, you know, they put forward a plan to replace sequester and reduce deficits while making investments necessary to have the economy grow and create jobs, protect the middle class, and protect seen yours. the president is engaged in a process with lawmakers where he's trying to find commonground to see if commonground exists with republicans around the basic principle to reduce the budget in a balanced way, and he's put
that's 637 million from the faa. the faa initiated a series of cost saving measures, both personnel and non-personnel relates including hiring freeze, restrictions on travel, limitation of certain temporary employees, and reductions in contracts among other savings, but the fact is 70% of the faa's operation budget is personnel. there's no way to avoid furloughs. remember, secretary lahood came to the briefing room and laid this out as what would be inevitable consequence if sequester were to...
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annual budget of the faa. they say the way the faa were cuts makes the delays even worse. >> under the applicable laws. the faa has the authority or the discretion to find the money elsewhere. not to lay off the workers. and, therefore, to protect the traveling and shipping public, the faa should not furlough the air traffic controllers. now congressional republicans charge the way the administration has structured this is simply for political reasons. the administration says that's absolutely not the case. they say the way is law isten o other choices than to furlough these air traffic controller if they have to reach the savings that the law requires, shep. >> >> shepard: we are expecting it to say four different flight delays faa is saying. airlines anywhere between 6700. about a quarter of the flight traffic in this country daily. in a statement the faa says they will be working with the airlines and using traffic management tools to minimize the delay impacts of trafficking busy summer travel season. the
annual budget of the faa. they say the way the faa were cuts makes the delays even worse. >> under the applicable laws. the faa has the authority or the discretion to find the money elsewhere. not to lay off the workers. and, therefore, to protect the traveling and shipping public, the faa should not furlough the air traffic controllers. now congressional republicans charge the way the administration has structured this is simply for political reasons. the administration says that's...
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if there was a line item at the faa, the faa was still have to because of theat inflexibility of the sequestration law. that shows the sequestration is a bad approach. we to replace it with something more long term. host: martin, a republican. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. of the employees of the faa are air traffic controllers. and that their budget this year is larger after the budget. i will wait for that common. stop using the code word "balance." just say you're going to raise taxes. say i willy to continue with a balanced approach. i think that is the right approach. 40,000 ,000 of the employees at the faa are air- traffic controllers. most of the employees at the faa are subject to this furlough. that is because of the inflexibility of the sequestration law. host: lewis from maryland. caller: thank you for taking my call. tohought they were going control the air traffic by satellite and the gps system. would this given some time with the changes you have now and the number of air traffic controllers being laid off. could they go to a satellite gps system?
if there was a line item at the faa, the faa was still have to because of theat inflexibility of the sequestration law. that shows the sequestration is a bad approach. we to replace it with something more long term. host: martin, a republican. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. of the employees of the faa are air traffic controllers. and that their budget this year is larger after the budget. i will wait for that common. stop using the code word "balance." just say...
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the faa says chicago o'hare has delays averaging nearly 30 minutes. newark and charlotte are dealing with similar delays. in the past hour, faa administrators got an earful from the chairman of the house appropriations committee who said the obama administration didn't warn congress about the impact of the furloughs. >> this imperial attitude on the part of the administration and you're the most recent example of that imperialism, is disgusting. >> it is mystifying to me that some are surprised by these delays or blame faa for congress' failure. >> richard lui is here with the drill down with impact on travelers, airlines and economy. >> each minute of a flight delay costs travelers. a study shows each minute costs travelers just over $1. one minute, one dollar. the tax includes flyers taking cabs instead of buses, missing business meetings or rescheduling events like monday the faa says 1,200 flights were delayed because of staffing reductions including those caused by the sequester. yesterday new york area airports saw over two-hour delays. lax up t
the faa says chicago o'hare has delays averaging nearly 30 minutes. newark and charlotte are dealing with similar delays. in the past hour, faa administrators got an earful from the chairman of the house appropriations committee who said the obama administration didn't warn congress about the impact of the furloughs. >> this imperial attitude on the part of the administration and you're the most recent example of that imperialism, is disgusting. >> it is mystifying to me that some...
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if there was a line item at the faa, the faa was still have to cut cut8% of that because of the inflexibility of the sequestration law. that shows the sequestration is a bad approach. we need to replace it with something more long term. host: martin, a republican. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my all. only 1/3 of the employees of the faa are air traffic controllers. and that their budget this year is larger after the budget. i will wait for that common. stop using the code word "balance." just say you're going to raise taxes. guest: sorry to say i will continue with a balanced approach. i think that is the right pproach. about 15,000 of the 40,000 employees at the faa are air-traffic controllers. most of the employees at the faa are subject to this urlough. that is because of the inflexibility of the sequestration law. host: lewis from maryland. caller: thank you for taking my all. i thought they were going to control the air traffic by satellite and the gps system. would this given some time with the changes you have now and the number of air traffic controllers being laid off.
if there was a line item at the faa, the faa was still have to cut cut8% of that because of the inflexibility of the sequestration law. that shows the sequestration is a bad approach. we need to replace it with something more long term. host: martin, a republican. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my all. only 1/3 of the employees of the faa are air traffic controllers. and that their budget this year is larger after the budget. i will wait for that common. stop using the code word...
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"faa has flexibility to cut costs without delaying air travelers. why won't president obama let them?" same hash tag. and bringing up the rear came house majority leader, eric cantor. "why is president obama unnecessarily delaying your flights?" same hash
"faa has flexibility to cut costs without delaying air travelers. why won't president obama let them?" same hash tag. and bringing up the rear came house majority leader, eric cantor. "why is president obama unnecessarily delaying your flights?" same hash
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remember, we are probably within a day or two of the faa lifting the grounding on the dreamliner. boeing never had to bring down the delivery schedule. further out investors are having more confidence and more comfort with boeing. on the ford story, the issue here is whether or not ford can give investors confidence that things in europe are improving. they're going to report a loss. they're going to lose $2 billion in europe this year. that's their forecast at this point. north america is really the engine that's powering these guys right now. think about this, kelly. we expect them for the first quarter to report a profit in north america of greater than $2.7 billion. that would easily be the most profitable first quarter ever for the company probably with a profit margin of close to or if not past 12%. that is the area that when he first took over said we need to get profit margins up north of 10%. they're doing that in north america. the issue remains what's going on in europe and how quickly they are coming along and restructuring it. >> the german automaker saying first quar
remember, we are probably within a day or two of the faa lifting the grounding on the dreamliner. boeing never had to bring down the delivery schedule. further out investors are having more confidence and more comfort with boeing. on the ford story, the issue here is whether or not ford can give investors confidence that things in europe are improving. they're going to report a loss. they're going to lose $2 billion in europe this year. that's their forecast at this point. north america is...
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air travelers have faced long delays this week due to faa budget cuts that have reduced the number of air traffic controllers available for work. and as the fbi searched for the bomber suspects last week, national intelligence director james clapper was on capitol hill explaining how nearly $4 billion in cuts to the intelligence community could affect the nation's security. >> unlike more directly observable sequestration impacts like shorter lines to the parks and longer waits at the airport will be gradual and almost invisible until, of course, we have an intelligence failure. >> independent senator ang us king summed it up this way. >> we won't know what we've missed until something blows up. >> yes, sir. >> joining me now, one of the senators at that armed services committee hearing, senator richard blumenthal and the huffington post. we couldn't get an answer given air traffic controllers were told to stay home. are fbi agents going to be told to stay home? are u.s. assistant attorneys going to be told to stay home at some point? can you guide us in that? >> in his remarks, lawre
air travelers have faced long delays this week due to faa budget cuts that have reduced the number of air traffic controllers available for work. and as the fbi searched for the bomber suspects last week, national intelligence director james clapper was on capitol hill explaining how nearly $4 billion in cuts to the intelligence community could affect the nation's security. >> unlike more directly observable sequestration impacts like shorter lines to the parks and longer waits at the...
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faa furloughs went into effect leaving fewer air traffic controllers on the job and we have more from abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: the delays piled up in charlotte. waits up to 75 minutes at baltimore washington and at all three new york airports. >> when you have cuts like this, it's not good. it's one of the very few jobs, i think, that should not have one. >> reporter: the faa didn't mince words, blaming most of the backlog on federal budget cuts. the agency said, the crunch forced it to furlough its air traffic controllers one day every other week. it saves the agency nearly $640 million, but the faa says it could cost travelers 90-minute delays on 6,700 flights every day. and the early numbers show delays at baltimore washington anew york's laguardia, spiking fourfold over last monday. part of that could be weather related. but at other airports like philadelphia, not much change. to see for ourselves, we boarded a flight in miami for orlando. here's the confusing thing. the flights to washington, d.c., all seem to be delayed from miami. but but flight tracker here on faa webs
faa furloughs went into effect leaving fewer air traffic controllers on the job and we have more from abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: the delays piled up in charlotte. waits up to 75 minutes at baltimore washington and at all three new york airports. >> when you have cuts like this, it's not good. it's one of the very few jobs, i think, that should not have one. >> reporter: the faa didn't mince words, blaming most of the backlog on federal budget cuts. the agency said, the...
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the cause was the presence of faa administrator michael huerta. the subject was the sequester and its impact on air travel. and it didn't take long for all hell to break loose. >> this imperial attitude on the part of the administration, and you're the most recent example of that imperialism, is disgusting. how come you didn't tell us about this beforehand, the sequester impact on the layoffs, furloughs? not a word. not a breath. >> now, mr. rogers has every reason to be livid. not least because, as a republican congressman, he represents the fifth congressional district in kentucky. and, therefore, relies heavily on air travel to get him to and fro the capital every week. his blistering criticism was very specific. he accused the administration of being imperial and the faa of doing absolutely nothing to warn congress about the impact of the sequester. which got us thinking about the last time the faa's administrator spoke before congress. now, that would be in february. >> we're looking at all options to reduce costs. but to reach the large figu
the cause was the presence of faa administrator michael huerta. the subject was the sequester and its impact on air travel. and it didn't take long for all hell to break loose. >> this imperial attitude on the part of the administration, and you're the most recent example of that imperialism, is disgusting. how come you didn't tell us about this beforehand, the sequester impact on the layoffs, furloughs? not a word. not a breath. >> now, mr. rogers has every reason to be livid. not...
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. >> the faa blames the combination of staffing shortages and the weather for massive delays at major hubs. the agency claim it had no choice but to put 15,000 work order unpaid furloughs through october which means 10% fewer working each day. we know passengers are frustrated, of course, but so are those air traffic controllers who worry they're being used as political pawns of. >> the air traffic controllers have never been furloughed. they should not be furloughed now. >> the white house says the furloughs were unavoidable under the cuts originally supported by republicans and republicans simply say this. blame obama for delaying your flight. let's get a first class perspective on all of this from the "huffington post," howard fineman. did you see what i did there? >> i wish i could fly first. we don't. >> so howard, you know there is a difference between the reality of the situation and the perception of the reality of the situation. do you think that most people who are inconvenienced by this, waiting in longer security lines, do you think they're standing there with their luggag
. >> the faa blames the combination of staffing shortages and the weather for massive delays at major hubs. the agency claim it had no choice but to put 15,000 work order unpaid furloughs through october which means 10% fewer working each day. we know passengers are frustrated, of course, but so are those air traffic controllers who worry they're being used as political pawns of. >> the air traffic controllers have never been furloughed. they should not be furloughed now. >>...
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take a look at the faa budget. if the sqest goes through and stays in place the faa will have more money to spend in 2013 than what the president asked for in his budget submission. >> hold on. hold on. stop. because sometimes there are things that are said that need to be repeated. >> okay. >> i want you -- >> really? >> let's have three seconds of silence. then i want you to repeat that again. 1-2-3, go. >> yeah. if the sequester goes into effect and stays into effect and the savings are achieved, the faa, for this year, will have more money to spend than what the president asked for in his budget submission. i think that tells you all you need to know. >> pat, how many times have you and i heard people in the media and on both sides, depending on what committee they are on, screaming about massive spending cuts and how locust we are going to descend from the skies and eat flesh off of our bones? and we find out later that they have more money this year to spend than they had last year? >> but this is why they ar
take a look at the faa budget. if the sqest goes through and stays in place the faa will have more money to spend in 2013 than what the president asked for in his budget submission. >> hold on. hold on. stop. because sometimes there are things that are said that need to be repeated. >> okay. >> i want you -- >> really? >> let's have three seconds of silence. then i want you to repeat that again. 1-2-3, go. >> yeah. if the sequester goes into effect and stays...
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the faa has been forced to slash hours for 47,000 employees. including 15,000 air traffic controllers. and we're seeing airport delays all across the country. surely boehner and cantor are -- would be flying high. after all, they got those spending cuts they wanted to badly, didn't they? not quite. instead, they're still on the attack against the president. pushing the twitter hashtag obama flight delays. there it is tweeted by speaker boehner. majority leader cantor is on board, too. he's tweeting, why is president obama unnecessarily delays your flight? faa could have cut other spending. boarding call for mr. boehner and mr. cantor. you can't support something, then turn around and blame it on the president. any other ideas? >> it's time to cut spending here in washington. >> good one, mr. speaker. it's time to delay the takeoff of this hypocrisy. nice try, republicans. but we got you. suddenly, she does something unexpected and you see the woman you fell in love with. she's everything to you. but your erectile dysfunction - that could be a q
the faa has been forced to slash hours for 47,000 employees. including 15,000 air traffic controllers. and we're seeing airport delays all across the country. surely boehner and cantor are -- would be flying high. after all, they got those spending cuts they wanted to badly, didn't they? not quite. instead, they're still on the attack against the president. pushing the twitter hashtag obama flight delays. there it is tweeted by speaker boehner. majority leader cantor is on board, too. he's...
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able to see live shots what what have was happening because of the restrictions put in place by the faa. of course, the toxic fumes were a reason to evacuate many people from a triage that had been set up on the high school football field there in the town of west. i am not sure people can understand the magnitude and th. [inaudible] -- it was liken to the oklahoma city bombing. just a tower of fertilizer exploding. [inaudible] not just the devastation but the power of this blast that literally ripped the back end off of a white pickup truck and blew the windows out. we are hearing stories like that all across town. you know, wednesday night in texas, it is normally church night. folks were coming out from their wednesday evening prayer meetings and bible studies and they were thrust into this explosion that happened around 8:00 central time. many people didn't get a lot of warning. we do have new information from the dallas morning news. they are telling us, first of all that the american red cross, they areach are dispatching peoo help hundreds of people try to find somewhere to sleep
able to see live shots what what have was happening because of the restrictions put in place by the faa. of course, the toxic fumes were a reason to evacuate many people from a triage that had been set up on the high school football field there in the town of west. i am not sure people can understand the magnitude and th. [inaudible] -- it was liken to the oklahoma city bombing. just a tower of fertilizer exploding. [inaudible] not just the devastation but the power of this blast that literally...
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due to faa staffing issues, workforce reductions, that started sunday night. erin was on a flight sunday night from las vegas to l.a. little did she know, forced spending cuts began the same day, reducing the number of air traffic controllers on duty. the result? major flight delays. >> on an 8:25, and when i rebooked, our departure time, 1:45 a.m. a couple airline employees said it was due to fog, and a couple says it was due to sequestration. >> reporter: actually it was both according to air traffic union rep, who was working sunday night. there are four parallel runways that can operate simultaneously on clear days. >> when the weather comes in, we go to a in, we go to a two runway rate. >> that requires one air traffic controller monitoring each arriving plane. the lax air traffic control tower is operating on delaying. >> reporter: it doesn't create much to create a big backlog. 400 flights were delayed because of staffing shortages sunday night. >> these are awful and they must stop. we cannot let these delays go through. not because of convenience, but
due to faa staffing issues, workforce reductions, that started sunday night. erin was on a flight sunday night from las vegas to l.a. little did she know, forced spending cuts began the same day, reducing the number of air traffic controllers on duty. the result? major flight delays. >> on an 8:25, and when i rebooked, our departure time, 1:45 a.m. a couple airline employees said it was due to fog, and a couple says it was due to sequestration. >> reporter: actually it was both...
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i did know that the faa declared a no-fly zone around ten miles around west because they were afraid one of the other tanks would explode and that would send out a blast and can make a helicopter crash. but to the best of my knowledge, i don't know of any problems with helicopters. >> sir, how long have you lived in the area? >> 38 years. >> i'm sorry, could you repeat that? >> 38 years. >> has there ever been a problem with this plant in the past? >> no. >> nothing? >> no. >> mr. smith, i sincerely appreciate your time this morning. we wish you a speedy recovery. you are nothing but a hero. most people run away from crisis and you ran right to it. so, thank you. >>. [ inaudible ] >> thank you, sir. >> john? >> doer a >> can you hear the strain in his voice, but the resilience. what a night and his strength and best wishes to him as this situation absolutely continues at this moment in west texas. >> as you're watching right there -- >> with us is kay -- >> you're seeing all the fire still burning, john. i just wanted to mention that. >> the fire's still very much burning and still a
i did know that the faa declared a no-fly zone around ten miles around west because they were afraid one of the other tanks would explode and that would send out a blast and can make a helicopter crash. but to the best of my knowledge, i don't know of any problems with helicopters. >> sir, how long have you lived in the area? >> 38 years. >> i'm sorry, could you repeat that? >> 38 years. >> has there ever been a problem with this plant in the past? >> no....
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the faa, the fbi, national institutes of health. the best way that mitch mcconnell and republicans can help us deal with this, is to support our legislation that would replace the sequester in a balanced and targeted way. >> we all hear about budget cuts and maybe some jurisdictions are blame things on the sequester. but just the other night i heard from a former senate staffer, she's a mom, two little girls, about deep cuts which are shutting down right here in the district of columbia, all the musical, music and art teaching in a particular school, a very special school. so are jurisdictions beginning to blame this on the sequester? is this really the sequester kicking in? >> well, look, there's no free lunch at the end of the day. the reality is, we can and should make cuts wherever possible. if there's waste in the budget, it should be eliminated, we should find efficiencies. but as i indicated, two years ago we cut over $1.2 trillion from this whole portion of the budget. that goes to things like head start. that goes to early
the faa, the fbi, national institutes of health. the best way that mitch mcconnell and republicans can help us deal with this, is to support our legislation that would replace the sequester in a balanced and targeted way. >> we all hear about budget cuts and maybe some jurisdictions are blame things on the sequester. but just the other night i heard from a former senate staffer, she's a mom, two little girls, about deep cuts which are shutting down right here in the district of columbia,...
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but the faa warns hart fields jackson, los angeles international, chicago o'hare will also experience longer delays because of the furloughs. it is, you know, your -- >> it affects the bottom line. >> your elected officials at work. now you're going to feel it, pack your patience. >> yep. >> pack your patience at the airport. >> thank you very much, christine. 24 minutes past the hour. proud milestone for the city of boston this morning. just nine days after the marathon bombing boylston street is reopening the public we are happy to report. and we are going to take you there live. the boys used double miles from their capital one venture card to fly home for the big family reunion. you must be garth's father? hello. mother. mother! traveling is easy with the venture card because you can fly any airline anytime. two words. double miles! this guy can act. wanna play dodge rock? oh, you guys! and with double miles you can actually use, you never miss the fun. beard growing contest and go! ♪ i win! what's in your wallet? but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can help make thi
but the faa warns hart fields jackson, los angeles international, chicago o'hare will also experience longer delays because of the furloughs. it is, you know, your -- >> it affects the bottom line. >> your elected officials at work. now you're going to feel it, pack your patience. >> yep. >> pack your patience at the airport. >> thank you very much, christine. 24 minutes past the hour. proud milestone for the city of boston this morning. just nine days after the...
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as of right now the faa has issued a temporary flight restriction over the area. the texas commission on environmental quality is providing air monitoring and technical assistance. texas task force one has been alerted to provide structural collapse support. the union pacific railroad has halted freight service. and local authorities have turned off utility service in the area including gas and electricity. there is an incident command center at a triage center, but they been recently moved due to fears that additional tanks could be at risk. theme, part of the department, has been activated and stands ready t assist texas upon request. the state fire marshal's office, the texas dps, the waco fire hazmat and other state agenes are also responding. the american red cross is working with local emergency management to identify shelter management assistance. we have within fema activated and incident management assistant jim, three preliminary damage assessment teams, and we are also standing by to assist in any other way. our eoc remains at level three, which is at i
as of right now the faa has issued a temporary flight restriction over the area. the texas commission on environmental quality is providing air monitoring and technical assistance. texas task force one has been alerted to provide structural collapse support. the union pacific railroad has halted freight service. and local authorities have turned off utility service in the area including gas and electricity. there is an incident command center at a triage center, but they been recently moved due...
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furloughs by the faa are the result of automatic, federal spending cuts imposed by the sequester. the fight over blame for it now in the senate. last night it was on the floor. democrat harry reid proposed to suspend the sequester and it was met with sharp opposition. >> we have created a situation where we are going to discomfort and inconvenience hundreds of thousands of american people on a political point because we can't cut any spending in washington. >> several senators are urging the obama administration to put off to furlough to give all sides to find other ways to handle the spending cus. >>> police in beverly hills looking for a driver behind a violent cage of road rage all captured on camera. the driver in a white bmw chased a man on the bicycle into an alley. rammed into him, and pinned him to a metal garbage bin. peels out in reverse with the cyclist still hanging on to the car. then speeds away. there it is again. ouch. police say the driver is going to face serious charges if and when he is caught. >> there was a small dispute, verbal argument initially. and then t
furloughs by the faa are the result of automatic, federal spending cuts imposed by the sequester. the fight over blame for it now in the senate. last night it was on the floor. democrat harry reid proposed to suspend the sequester and it was met with sharp opposition. >> we have created a situation where we are going to discomfort and inconvenience hundreds of thousands of american people on a political point because we can't cut any spending in washington. >> several senators are...